Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 3:51 p.m.

15 defendants, 118 lbs. of meth, 76.8 years of sentences

SPRINGDALE  Fifteen Springdale defendants in a drug smuggling case received a combined sentence of 76.8 years, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Conner Eldridge.

The investigation was dubbed La Pantera Negra. Investigators seized more than 118 pounds of methamphetamine during the investigation, along with vehicles, weapons and more than $82,000 in cash. The investigation included several undercover drug buys and covered areas including Northwest Arkansas and Dallas.

Eldridge announced the following sentences:

Wilber Alvarenga, age 31 - (48) months in prison with three years of supervised release

Gregorio Carranza, age 28 - (48) months in prison with three years of supervised release

Rodolfo Carrillo, age 41 - no prison term with one year of supervised release

Porfirio Castro-Ruiz, age 47 - (27) months in prison with one year of supervised release

Eberardo Coria-Hernandez, age 20 - (121) months in prison with four years of supervised release

Donna Daosavanh, age 24 - (37) months in prison with three years of supervised release

Omar Frias, age 30 - (42) months in prison with three years of supervised release

Dianna Gandert, age 28 - (48) months in prison with three years of supervised release

Jose Herrera, age 26 - (60) months in prison with four years of supervised release

Marlene Martinez, age 27 - (62) months in prison with three years of supervised release

Jose Mejia-Machado, age 44 - (84) months in prison with three years of supervised release

Tamera Rivera, age 31 - (30) months in prison with three years of supervised release

Jeffery Ruano, age 26 - (12) months plus one day in prison with no supervised release

Ana Vaca-Gomez, age 34 - (87) months in prison with four years of supervised release

Celen Zendejas, age 27 - (216) months in prison with three years of supervised release

This is the war we need to be fighting , on our southern border, when will our goverment wake up and protect this country and pull our troops our of that worthless god-forsaken land we call the middle east. Deploy our troops to our southern and other borders.